单词 | subaerial |
释义 | subaerialadj. Chiefly Geology and Physical Geography. Existing, occurring, or formed in the open air or on the earth's surface; not under water or underground. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > that exists or is done in the open air outward1546 subdial1647 without doors1654 subaeriala1703 outdoor1748 al fresco1760 extra-foraneous1781 out of door1786 out of doors1822 open air1851 open-aired1873 hypaethral1875 out-by1896 a1703 R. Hooke in W. Derham Philos. Exper. R. Hooke & Other Virtuoso's (1726) 313 These Sub-marine Regions are as well stock'd with Variety of Animals and Vegetables, as the Surface of the Earth, which is only Sub-aerial. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 177 We think that we shall not strain analogy too far if we suppose the same laws to govern the subaqueous and subaërial phenomena. 1841 J. Trimmer Pract. Geol. 172 Many subaërial volcanos have ejected trachyte and basaltic lava. 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 5 Insects are essentially sub-aerial species. 1911 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 50 637 The erect stumps are associated with rain marks and footprints, clear evidence of sub-aerial position. 1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. v. 41 Tors are usually looked on as the result of subaerial weathering. 2006 K. D. Rose Beginning Age Mammals i. 18/1 The southern parts of South America and Australia were close to Antarctica but lacked subaerial connections to that continent. Derivatives subˈaerialist n. now rare a person who holds the view that subaerial processes are responsible for certain features of the landscape. ΚΠ 1866 Geol. Mag. 3 63 The subaërialists start with the assumption that the sea tends to plane down the land, and that its newly-elevated bed presents a surface divested of abrupt heights or hollows. 1887 Athenæum 24 Sept. 410/3 In 1865 the battle of the ‘Uniformitarians’ and ‘Cataclysmists’, ‘Sub-aërialists’ and ‘Marinists’, was still raging. 1905 H. H. Howorth Ice or Water I. v. 231 If, as the subaerialists admit, rivers are incapable of maintaining the vertical walls of their channels without a continual removal of the débris, how could rain, frost, or even springs wear back an escarpment. 1951 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 62 843/1 Considering the sea valleys as a group, four difficulties face the thorough-going subaerialist. subˈaerially adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adverb] > in the open air or outdoors outc1175 outside1653 al fresco1717 outdoorsa1729 subaerially1848 1848 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 4 i. 62 The carboniferous series..has been intruded into by greenstone and trachytic basalt, which must have partially flowed subaërially. 1941 Geol. Mag. 78 178 The Laetolil Beds consist of subaerially deposited tuffs, apparently derived from the Giant Craters. 2002 D. Waugh Geography (ed. 3) viii. 202 Blocks of exposed granite were broken up, sub-aerially, by frost shattering during periglacial times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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